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BUBAL AND TBUL1
JLUBAL. -
hi tent ths flountrr foattorelyf -
o peaceful and quit and ail that;
t lecnM lute a dreamt or an opera.: '
tyf course, dear, your new Wattau pat,
The one that you wore a naua Muuer,
When to Cambriiu, the arCst, 70a aC
.. .
' Tm, we'll stroll fof awhile amid Nature,
And v;alt each wad woodland nook;
CuU dairies and other aweet floweret.
On the banks of some clear, purlin brook.
A nlnk uihhNo! blue ta more rural.
No floret I .Wh how odd you will look.
No doubdear, well meet with a shepherd, ' -.
With ourla, and a crook, and a lute
That ho'U play like arery Apollo,
And be dressed In a green velvet suit.
His eyes will be tAg, aad and tender
Oh I botherl Heaee button this boot.
" Just think of the brave, "handsome mowers.
Who merrily warble their lay.
At five o'clock in the moraine,
?o milkmaids, whose work is but play,
ve seen them so often In 44 Martha"
That No, 1 won't writs that letter to-day.
And when, coming home throuarh the rloam
in jr.
We meet with the soft-lowlmr klne,
Ve il deck thrm with ribbons and spriands,
With flowers their meek brows we ll entwine.
I know, for I've read, bow they do it
Vtenootuing- from pastures Alpine. .
rVt these simple city maidens. '
Who knew country ways so well, :
Having learned from fx oks and opem
More than ever rustloa tell,
t-troll. hJ abroad throug-k field and meadow. '
Met w.th snakes In woodland nooks.
Gathered dulsles, with them bramble,
Got their feet wet la the brooks.
Tound a flock of sheep, and with thorn
Saw a shepherd. It is true "
But an opera shepherd he was '
No mora like than t or you.
Bo was rjgired end barefooted,
?n years old, and brown with tant ' -nstead
of tuning lute, ee shouted: '
'That rami! butt yer. ef he can."
' .They heard no brave and gallant mown.
Warbling? lavs to mIlkmi,lJs onv:
But -aw a monster drfwn by hurses,
priven by a freckled boy,
JyLog low the tender grasses,
W.th a horrid crash and d.n,
- An I found the boy had other fancies
Than a milkmaid's smile to win.
Oolng homeward through the gloaming
. J the saddest to recall;
For thoy met the lowing cattle
Merely met, and that wiS aU.
. . Npw, wbeu asked about the country.
They replv, with suiilo Su sage.
That you know they've learned thedlfronog
awlxt reaiiiy and the stage.
SLirH ilunro. in N. T. IndupcmUnt, '
Harmon la Human life.
Our surroundings should be brmoni
ous with our life. It is not necessary
' to sound the same notes to produce
harmony. ' The word implies blending,
but it almost forbids repetition. Nat
ure is the great teacher. ' Her mean
and ends are consistentVith each other.
Nature understands too Nwell the art of
harmony to attempt impossibilities. She
la alwava un to the mark, but she does
not overstep herself.. Where the soil
" will not prow, lilies and roses, she con
tents herself .with daisies, but left to ,
herself, she will always cover man's
mistakes with a cat efuliy spun snroua.
It is to learn this lesson more perfectly
that in later life we are drawn away
from mankind to live with Nature. A
fuller growth takes p'ace when we feel
ourselves in unison with all we see. and
. when intercourse with nature restores in
us the balance that human conflict has
, destroyed. Life in -great cities is in
imical to harmony. The clash of interests
is too fierce, and those " who live much
in great centers of human effort cannot
sua ain the senso of harmony, unless
they come away for a time. - The form
, - and manner of modern society increase
' the difficulty.' The multitude of ac
quaintances, and the little time given
to each, make intercourse necessarily
broken and nnharmonious. Conversa-
. tion takes the form of epigram, and
each sentence must be cast into such a
- form as not necessarily to demand a
second for its completion. By degrees,
onr thoughts follow - our words, and
each opinion becomes rounded and
finished off to fit into each question that
may arise. Nothing can be viewed as
a whole we are too near to its de
tails. So near are ve in great oities
that it is almost impossible not to take
each detail for the whole. Then arises
Irritation, ifrom the sense.of the un
fitness of each separate, opinion' ex
pressed to bear - the structure of our
whole line' of' thought. We have
uttered an . epigram, but ;we have not
. stated our judgment as it really is. To
' do that requires time and opportunity,
. which society, neglectful of tho in
dividual in its care for the "whole, can-
- not afford to , any one of its members.
The utterance, unfathered and without
offspring, must stand or fall by itself,
while we may be thankful if wo are not
: through it labeled and placed in a
pigeon-hole to which we are as foreign
as a dove to a hawk's nest. - Then it is
that wjd fall back for. consolation' upon
ourselves as a whole. London Spc to
Chinese Infanticide
'. ; We have all heard the ; Chin sse
eharged with infanticide. We heifers
. 1 . that crime to be less prevalent with them
v than it is with us. If children sre ever
" exposed, as has been seen on a "wayside
s a. tar near Honam, we believe that bitter
... want and a hope that charity would
'provide for the child better than the
mother could have been the moving
causes. As a general rule, self-interest
- - acts as the strongest bar to this vice.
r, . That the life of the male children should
4.; . i 1 T be 'preserved is most important, as the
' Chinese law will compel the sons to
'. maintain their parents, and in the event
i-of an the sons dying no" one would be
, - ; i .We to offer that worship at the tomb of
. the father, and mother jon, which, their
happines 4 in another state is supposed
to depend." With the girls preservation
- - 1. is almost as important, and they are a
marketable commodity either as .wives
or as servants. Indeed, it is no very rare
thing to see a basketful of babies sent
down from Canton to Hong Kong for
sale .at prices ranging from $2 to 95.
These are all girls. In denying the ex
. " , .istenoo of infanticide it is necessary to
make one exception. This is among the
- Tan-kia, or boat population. These are
a race of people of different descent and
h - religion from the Chinese, governed by
- their own magistrates, and so . looked
down upon by the other classes that no
ohild of a boat-woman can compete in
' the literary examinations, of, whatever
his ability may be, become an aspirant
for office. This class is excessively su
perstitious, and we have heard It stated
' , by missionaries that when a child be
. longing to people of this class suffers
. from any lingering malady, and recovery
becomes hopeless, they will , put it to
death with circumstances of great ernel
. - ty believing it not ie-be their- ohild but
a changeling, and fancy . that a demon
hs taken the place of their offspring for.
the purpose of entailing on them expense
and trouble for which they could never
ft anj return. Temple Bar.
V
A TTevada Votc, foantfag that death
loved a shinicj rarrx, gave his rival a
Jiamond ritn, whii crrt the t girl,
and now tne fellow Tanis ton know, ''who
, makes up them gohlarned things fcj til
Tie Ttzstv
The old idea was that plaao was
bought and brought to the House with
muck bruising of its beautiful legs and
much muftled profanity on the part of
the dr&xmen. to be slaved on. - What
superlative nonsense! What a stale and
preposterous suggestion! What a relio
of barbaric ignorance! A piano to be
played on!- Goto. r . i
' Thank the stars the days of such stu
pidity axe over, and the true, sole and
( natural use of a piano is ' becoming
into a house for these simple pur
poses and none other. Its top is de- ;
signed as a place for a photograph al
bum, a brilliant lamp-mat ana a vase of
flowers. Its rack is intended as a rest
for an open book an open book cov- j
! ered with pictures of farm, and fences,
' upon whioh are perched innumerable
black birds. Its stool is placed there
for the nervous young man in company
to sit on and whirl, and writhe and
wriggle. Its richly, carved legs are
sprawled out for near-sighted and awk
ward people to run against, and upon
being solicitously asked by. the hostess
if they are hurt, to reply, with the hot
team of .anguish gushing into their
eyes: - "Not in the least; only just grazed
it."
. Such are the legitimate uses of an
able bodied, and wll-limbed piano in
its various parts and proportions. As a'
whole the piano serves two other and
nobler purposes. Thj one is it imparts
character, statelinesu and an air of
affluence to a household establishment.
The proud-spirited host points to the
rosewood instrument and seems to say
to his assembled guests: "You behold
thatmajestio instrument. It is grand,
square and upright. Is it not symbolic
01 its owner is he not grand, square
and upright?" Uf course nobody can
play on It not one of - his quartet of
daughters but it is to be remembered
that it was not put there to play on. and
tvho would ask its owner to pet it to per
verse use?
But after all . the : real mission of a
piano in the house is this a place for a
J oung lady to sit raid idly turn the
eaves of a blaokbird book, and a some
thing for a young gentleman to hang
over and now and then breathe softly
in the young lady's ear to let her know
that he is growing weak, but he still
lives. It is an affecting sight to observe
a young man hang over a piano. - Few
young men know how to hang over a
niano in erood form. One must not
bend too low, as if he were looking for a
lost sleeve button -or a nickel, nor yet
be too rigid and inflexib'e, like a. wood
en soldier on a weather vane. A 00m-
t
Eromiseof these attitudes with a little ob
que leaning toward the stool and its
occupant is about the correct thing in
piano banking.
r - Now and then by way
ot novelty an
attempt is made on a srand social occa-
Bion to actually play the piano. " ' A dis
j xnal young man leads an exhaustive
young lady to the piano. An awful
silence pervades the-. drawing - room.
The somber you ng man slowly lifts the
lid. as if he was r about to view the re
mains of the last .relative he had on
earth. The young lady wildly runs her
fingers over the keys there is a sob, a
wail, a vociferation of violent grief, m
cry of 1 comfortless despair anc all is
over. The young lady sinks upon the
nearest sofa. The young man lowers
the lid, terns away his head and is seen
no more.
. Verily, the day of superstition and
mistaken ideas is over, and piano play
ing has passed away with the many fol
lies and foibles of our purblind and un
cultured ancestry. New London TU
orum. - ' ' - .
t , - Beans as Food - v !
The nutritive value . of beans Is ver?
great greater than almost any other
article of food in common use. Consid
ering their riohness they are probably
the cheapest food we nave, but some
what difficult ' of digestion, probably
owing to the fact that we rarely cook
them enough and masticate them in
sufficiently. In preparing beans for the
table hey should first be well soaked
in cold water and then thrown into boil
ing v. ater and cooked until of a medium
consistency between. a : fluid and a
solid neither., too,, thick nor too thin.
Thry require some acid on them when
eatoni and a sufficient amount of salt to
render .them palatable. ...They may be
eaten with potatoes, or other vegetables
which contain more starch and loss albu
men rather than 'With too much bread
or meat. In Germany there is a process
patented, by which beans and all legu
minous seeds are reduced to a very hite
Hour and rendered capable of .being
used as food by the most delicate per
sons. We have samples of this flour,
which equal .in , fineness Ihe best wheat,
flour, and it is used extensively for
mnking soup for invalids. . These soups
ere worth a hundred times as much as
beef tea. There is a fortune awaiting
any on& who will prepare a flour from
beans as perfect as this flour from Ger
many. Bean soup, rightly made, is ex
ceedingly delicious ami wholesome, and
ought to be used more extensively than
it id Sanitarian.' . ' .
Wanted te Koto Slowly.
Last fall, when one of the small towns
out West got the manufacturing fever,
the citizens held a meeting to. see what
inducements should be held out for cap.
ff-Vliata tsi nnmatliani anH . In vast 'i-Hm
wwwwmvw luivn
speaker said they could afford to donate
oiaer sua ue rown oouia naa ow,uw
brick. A third moved that the citizens
. ... a inn . .1. -
luui vmh u kiio iw uira wwsiuu tun
Duxiaing. A lonrtn saia be could prom-
isea house for the superintendent to
live in. and a fifth -would start a sub-
scription paper, td Ihy the-maohinery
and bpuers for the factory. During a
oreac inxne popular, enuuxsiasm an 01a
tanner arose ana solemnly said: Gen-
uemen, x iuidk. uu . ec-arpnse 01 our
irtwn will hnflrt i.hn n1ta.fi fonr fir.
oper-
auves, and buy a year's supply of lum
ber to work on, but when we go beyond
that let's move slowly. We don't want
to promise to buy the foreman any hair
oil or hair dve until we know,' whether
he is bald-headed or not!" Wall Street
Newt ' - - ' ,- -
:. , .A Chase for a Baby. .,
There was a funny chase for a baby
at Plainviller Conn., on Wednesday
morning. - A woman . stepped from a
train a moment to question the agent,
and the train pulled out suddenly with
out her, carrying off her baby. - Her
frenzy moved the good ticket agent to
telegraph to Bristol and order the baby
returned. The train dropped the infant
-at Forestville, anda good -man footed
it thither and lugged the baby back to
Flainville. The mother, , meantime
grown impatient, had gone to Forest
ville on the engine of a gravel train. So
back went the good man with the baby
to Forestville, there to learn that ' the
frantic mqther, iutd returned to Plain
villa. ;' The man then telephoned to the
sroman to s t still half an hour, which
she did, and got back her inXaat,--
Eats C2. f;;,
A grandsV of Spain Is privileged to
wear his hail in his sovereign's presences
for a certain time, carefully graduated
according to his rank. John de Coorcy.
the oonqueror of Ulster, won the same
boon from KiC John by frightening
the knights senfby Philip of France to
call John to account for the murder of
Arthur, out of the field, and then giving 10th and excessive rainfalls in the great I
' a taste of his quality by placing his grain growing sections, so that some in- I
through -with iWs sword, the weapon : be "a year, without. a summer.". Al- I
defying anyone but its owner to draw it - though the high . temperatures of July
out of the post again. This stalwart 1 and August dispelled this fear it was
champion's descendants were wont to I not so unreasonable to those who re
assert their privilege by keeping their j member the abnormal . seasons during
heads covered for a moment or so in J the period from 1811 to 1817,-when 00
the royal presence; but at one of j curred the most remarkable depressions
George the Third's drawing-rooms, the I of summer temperatures known to all
m . . J A -X li ' !l . 1 . tI A, .S I1W I
then Lord of Einsale chose to wear his 1
head-gear so long that ' the old King's
attention was drawn to his unmannerly
bravado. "The gentleman," said he,
"has a right to be covered before me,
but even King John could give him no
right to be covered before ladies."
At the trial of Mrs. Turner as an ac
cessory to the murder' of Sir Thomas
Uverbury, Sir JMwara uose oraerea ine j
prisoner to remove her hat, saying: A
woman may be covered in church, but
not when arraigned in a court of jus
tice." The acoused tarfly commenting
on the singularity that she might wear
her hat in the presence of God, but not
in the presence of man, Coke replied:
For the : reason that men, with weak
intellects, csn not discover the secrets
which are known to God: and, there
fore, in Investigating truth, where hu
man life is in peril, and one is charged
with takjpg life from another, the Court
should all obstacles removed. Be
sides, the countenance is often an index
to the mind, and accordingly it is fitting
that tho hat should be removed, and
therewith the shadow whioh is cast upon
your face." :- Mrs. Turner's hat was
taken off, but she was allowed for
modesty's sake to cover her hair with a
kerchief. : '
Chief Justice Glvnn did not find the
Quakers so amenable to the order of the
court, when at Launceston Assizes, in
1656, they made their first public pro
test against uncovering the head. Upon
Fox and his companions in misfortune
being brought into court, the judge bade
them put off their hats Instead of obey
ing. Fox asked for a scriptural instance
of a magistrate commanding prisoners
to put off their hats. The Chief Justice
inouired in return if hats were men
tioned at all in the Bible? "Yes," an
swered Fox, "in tho third of Daniel,
where thou mayest rend that the three
children were cast into the fiery furnace
by Nebuchadnezzar's command, with
their coats, their hose, and their hats on.
Here was a proof that even a heathen
King allowed men to wear hats in bis
presence." Not condescending to argue
the matter further, Glynn cried, "Take
them away, jailer," and they were taken
away. .; ana thrusts among thieves "a
S-eat while." Wlsen Penn and other
aakers appeared at the Old Bailey to
answer tneir aeitnquencies, . they : en
tered .the court, covered, somebody re
moving their hats for them. Upon fairly
getting inside, the court directed them
to put their hats on, and no sooner had
they done so than the Recorder demand
ed if they did not know they were in a
King's court r ream replied, that he knew
it was a court, aad supposed it to be
the King's, but he did not think putting
off a hat showed any respeot ; where
upon he was fined sbrty marks, and re
marked that he aad his friends had come
into court uncovered, and in putting on
their hats again they had only obeyed
orders, therefore if an v. one was to be
fined, it ought to be the Bench. All the
Tear BouniL -
Kew Pabllc Bunding.
The Federal Gbvernment will soon be
supplied with a variety of handsome and
expensive structures in all parts of the
Union. Thirty-fsiree new buildings
were autnonzea to, De cegun at tne last
session of Congress, the location. - nlti
mate cost of the same, and "present
avaiiaoie appropriation being' given in
we loiiowmg uiDie :
Ultimata Appropria
CBMf.
UotiM.
Abinardon, Va . ..
Brooklyn, N.Y..
..$ J&0.000
... B00.00O
... KftO.OOS
f 23,000
800,000
100,000
- 100 JOO
S7.0O0
100,000
2AO.0O0
uommoiu, u.
floncord. X.- H. . .
00,00
100,000
75,000
800,000
600,000
150,000
100,03(1
103,000
12.5.000
Ceunou Blu
)il Bluffs, Iowa...
I(Ulas, Tex
DetSver. Ool......
Delimit, alien
Erie.iPH.
. 100.000
Fort J3vne, Ind
FranWkiri. . Ky. . .
SO.OOO
- 100. (MO
Oalveswn, Tex............
Green9trough, H. O......
Hannibal Mo. ............ .
HarrisonDurff, Va
Jackson, Terui
Teavenwnrh, Kan
Louisville, Ky
liynchburgv yaUM.u
Alarqnette, lieta.
Minneapolis, Mian........
M0
. 60.000 -,
7S.000
60,000
60 000
. 100,000
. Siio.ooo :
. 100,000,
. 100.000.
. 175,000
ZYOoe
S7J00
S5.000
10,000
too.ooo
M.000
60.000
SO.OOO
;
- 200,000
v 100,000
,000
87.A09
120,000
Oxford. Mlts. ............ flo.000
Pen-uicols Fl..........M. 200,000
Peoria. 111. ... 223,000
Poaghkeeftsie, N. Y..J...- ,003
Quincy, IU . v.. 175,000
Rochester, N. T ..... 300,000
St. Joseph, Mo.....
76.000
tc ran ton,
Kbreveport, ia
Syracuse, K. y.....
Trrre ilaate, Ind...
WUliamsport, Va. .
7000
100,000
200,003
150,000
100,000
-100.000
100.009
v 75,000
. so.ooe
Total... :...-v.
$5,775,000 $2,732,500
In addition to this, appropriations
were made for continuing buildings 'in
course of erectspn as follows :
Amount.
Montgomery, Ala...
Littte Rock, Ark....
Waatilntrton. D. O..
$
60,000
8.300
40,000
20,000
4,000
60,000
si ,000
80,000
25,000
100,000
S30.000
175,000
15,000
T5.000
180,000
4,000
25,000
20.000
67,500
7,600
150.000
450,000
100,000
200,000
400 000
75,000
6,000
80,000
18,000
10,000
663,500
140,000
J I1U1 IJIIIU, ................. ....
a Key wrest, Fsa.. 4.
oicariii:i::::::::::::r.:::::v:::
Harttord, Ctt......
xopeka, xnne..
I duc, a.h 'J'fC"""
New Orletejia, Qa,
Baltimore, Ma.,
, Boston, na..j... ,
t SS-SSK:::::::::
. Kt Louis. Mo..-.
Jewey Cy.N'"--.
ew;K::v::v:v.:::v.v.:v.:u
eunaio, . x...........,.....,.....
j eVelai"db.r"rX"rrir.'""iI'
? Cincinnati, o
i Toledo. O.....
. Philadelphia, Pa.
Memnhla. Tenn.
'...........ta .
.-.... f.. .......
Kathville, Tenn. .....
Tanville, Va...
ror Townsenn, w. ta..
ti i . . v
itiarii-siown. w. va. ...i.....
Butidingannderthe War and Interior
Departments. v.
Bntldlna- under the eeatrol ot the
Treasury Depart menu,.....
TotaL....:....;....;...t". ..S3,624r"J00
This makes a total of $6,857,000 to be
expended in building during the year.
N. Y. Qraphic.
-A- writer to the Prairte Farmer
tried the experiment of fiat and hill cul
tivation for vine's. This year squashes,
pumpkins. melns and other vegetables
were Dlanted. nart in hills and n&rt flniL
Ho recommends the level cultivation &a
"the "best," as 'hot weather did irreater
damage in the hills. In ten days the
sunerenee waa very marKea. Aitnougn
i us su cuiuvKuon was superior xor a
dry season, tho hCl system is preferable
for a wet one. . ?
V Please give me some; ice-keani.
, mamma. said : a little girl.? rjot threo
.years old Vhy doyo'? 'wans it -crnra,
, dear? "Ch. btfciusu it lqtjg jay
tongue' feel Uapuy, nianiuia,''
The Suniiiier of 1882. '
. The summer which according to the
calendar has now closed has been marked
by some ' noteworthy meteorological
conditions. . ; The month of June was
alarmingly cool over nearly all districts
lving between the Atlantic coast and
the Rocky Mountains, with frosts in fif
teen of the States from the 1st to the
history of thermometnc measurements.
In 1816, according to several historians,
" there was - frost in New England in
every month of this summer,'1 and also
as far south as Philadelphia in July, al
most destroying some crops, whue in
England, as the Boyal Society's records
show, the same summer was cold
enough to make 1816 a famine year.'
t to be honed that, as no similarlv
cold, summer has since then been known
in any part of the United States, it will
never reur, but it may be rash to say it
is impossible. ;,lf . we except . JN ew n,n
gland, where-great aridity has prevailed
since June, the past summer has been
exceptionally free from protracted and
intense drougbts, ana in tne interior 01
the country, where severe summer
drought is the "climatic rule, precipita
tion has been rather excessive than deh
oient. - ' ' : h- " ' '
One of the most noticeable character
istics of the season just . ended is tne
abssnce of the usual- July and August
hurricanes in the. West India seas, and
consequently there . have been few dis-
turbances on our Atlantic . ana uuu
coasts. The passage of these storms
along our Eastern coasts no doubt great
ly modifies the atmospheric conditions
on the continent, yrawmg rowaru
them the moisture of the air for hun
dreds of miles from their tracks, and
condensing it in immense quantities in
their central areas, tney muM leave tne
middle " latitudes considerably drai ded
of the watery vapor accumulated by the
sun s long continued evaporative lorco
on the' warm ocean. The absence of
these' storms may in part account for
the recent redundant, rainfall and hu
midity in the Gulf States and on the At
lantic seaboard,' and it is probable if we
should shortly , have a visit jj om a pow
erful tropic hurricane, which is very
probable, there would be an early and,
sharp turn of the season. No Ameri
can summer can be complete without it;
but there need be no fear that it will
not come, and the longer it is delayed
the more certain will it be to assail our
Southern and Eastern coasts with unu
sual violence. I .,: ' . s '
Viewing the past summer from the
agriculturist's .standpoint it has been
exceptionally propitious. . Its abnormal
feature has been an exceptionally large
rainfall, which, on the whole, consider
ing that the great defect of Atiencan
summer climate in the chief agricultural
districts i3 aridity, is a good' fault. N.
Y. Herald. ; ;
; A Sew Statue of Washington. ,
The colossal bronze statue of Wash
ington, which is to be placed in Fair
mount Park by the Society of Cincinnati
of Philadelphia, is to have a substruc
ture of granite with two great terraces.
The aides of the lower terrace are'
to be covered with bronze relievos,
in which groups of animal'? and
human figures larger than 1LV are
shown. The animals are to be typical
American beasts, and will be placed in
recumbent positions. In the midst of
the groups will be an Indian warrior and
squaw, a river god and a river goddess.
On the upper terrace the pedestal will
stand. The figures of the horse and
rider which it will support wPl be twice
the ordinary size. Washington will be
represented in uniform, with a military
cloak thrown over the . shoulder.
The right , hand grasps a field
glass, while the left holds the bridle
rein. The sides of the bronze pedestal
will represent allegorical figures of the
troops'departing for war, the return and
the blessiijgs of peace. Professor Ru
dolph Siemering, the German sculptor,
to whom the contract for a statue was
awarded, has completed the miniature
model of the monument, and has begun
work in Berlin upon the full-sized figure,
from which the cast will be made. The
cost when completed will be 140.000.
Slaking Adobes.
: Monday morning we drove down to
see them making adobes." They make
an '"acequai";by drawing the water
through a ditch from the creek to where
the adobes are to be made. This water,
clay and chopped hay form the adobe
material The workers presented a pict
uresque . appearance,' the Ted handker
chiefs bound about their foreheads con
trasting with theii bronzed skins, glit
tering eyes and dark hair." They wore
gray-colored shirts and pants that might
have been white at the embarkation of
Noah's ark.: They : were rolled high
above the knees, T wo of the men stood
knee-deep in the mud, with which they
i i-5 , , . . . ... r.
wauBU an. ootong mior, irouing wnn ic
to a man on the hill above, who molded
the bricks. He had a hollow rectangu
lar frame, three inches in depth and di
vided in the center.- Placing this on the
ground he filled it with i mud from the
Utter, smoothed the - mud even at the
top, and raising the litter left two bricks
on the ground, while the two men trotted
back and again loaded, the litter, .j After
these adobes' dry on the top they are
turned sideways to harden- in the sun.
At night they are carefully covered with
tarpaulin, in case of rain, which destroys
them if it falls before they are hardened.
The Mexicans, in building their houses,
hollow out a place in front of the build
ing, where the. acequai" is formed, to
make the adobe,' and when tho house
is finished use this hollow" for debris.
Phildddi'JJifa Times.
How Can Ton-Tell a Good Cigar f '
They used to' say that a good cigar
could be known oy the light brown
specks on it. ' These ; were made by
worms,' the story was,' and the worms
ire epicures in tobacco and would
touch only the best. But the chemists
soon found a way of simulating these
worm specks. 'So that spoiled the test.
Then there was.no other guide but the
ashes. ' If these burned white the cigar
was good ; if not, bad. But the enter
prising: tobacconists soon found a way to
make the vilest cabbagenia burn as spot
lessly white as the best Havana.- An
other test gone. Finally the makers of
choice cigars put a little red label around
each.' This was thought to be something
which would always be a "sure guide.
And so it would be,; but unfortunately
some of the manufacturers have, by a
strange mistake,- put the labels on the
eabbageniaa as well as tha Havanas.
Boston TrancripC " s
--Always1 punishHd ibrwfifelly
disobeyingvon.r bj it. Wver punish him
in acger, and never let him know thaf
ba vexes you, Wetr, ,
S&f a and other herbs which von
wish to keep for use in the winter should
be gathered on a dry daj. If ; they are
perfectly dry when gathered you can
sift them at once, and with very little
trouble. Put them away in tin cans
(the cans in which prepared . cocoanut
comes are nice for this purpose) : keep
them where it is dry., " Herbs which you
do not care to slit can, be tied in bundles
and hung up after the. fashion of our
grandmothers. N. Y. Post. - .
Ladies, send 25c. to Strawbridee & Cloth
ier, 8th and Market sU.? Philadelphia, and
receive their r fashion Quarterly tor six
months. New music and 1,000 engravings
in each number. .
After a protracted official investiga
tion into the cause of the fatal boiler
accident at the Erie N Car Works,"the
juryteturned a verdict in accordance
with the theory of scientific experts,
that a current of cold air passing
through , the furnace suddenly crystal
lized the iron previously exposed . to
more than ordinary heat, by which it
lost its power. Pittsburgh Post.
Bad temper often proceeds from those
tain care. By all druggists.
A Philadelphia cranfe, who wears
an exceedingly high hat, to prevent
the lightning from striking him,'1 places
nnon the roof of his house every day a
large quantity of fruit for an imag"nary
g'.rl - to eat. - A small boy, who has
learned of the eccentric conduct ; of the
old gentleman, climbs to the roof daily
on a l:ghtn'.ng roa ana aoes mucn w
confirm the old man's belief in the
mythical femalo. Philadelphia Tress.
Young or middle aged men Buffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send three stamps for Part
VII of Dime Series pamphlets. Address
World's Dispensary Medical Associatioh,
Bve tea cakes or breakfast cakes are'
made of one pint of sweet milk, two
eggs, one tablespoonful of brown sugar,
half a teaspoonful of salt; stir in this
enough flour to make a batter about
like griddle-cake batter (rye flour sifted
is to ce used). Hake in well-buttered
gem pans for half an hour. , If the cook
prefers to do so, she can use part rye
and part wheat Hour. N". Y. Post.
I Our School.Books. ,
Danville Register, September 21st. '
- The Board of Education has adopted
McGuffey's Eeaders, as will be seen from,
their notice in to-day's paper. 'After
experimenting" with- two other . series
they come back to McGuffey's with the
conviction that, in all essentials of a
reader they never have been surpassed
and never will be. - In this they, are sus
tained by the action of Richmond, Pe
tersburg, ' Lynchbhrg, and the largest
cities in the United States. Albemarle
and Rockbridge counties, s Charlottes
ville, Lexington and Staunton, the
great centres of higher education in
Virginia ; . have ' adopted " McGuffey.
Along the Midland and Western Bail
roads, county after county has come
back to McGuffey with a unanimity
that would be incomprehensible did we
not know the book...
From Danville to Alexandria, from
Bristol to Norfolk, ; every county, but
four or five, has acted, and every one
changed the series in use for McGuffey.
Ana thia action is baaed in every in
stance on the recommendation of the
leading professional teachers of each
county without consultation with those
of any other. Indeed, we hnd McGuf
fey on the lists of New York- and Brook
lyn in- the East ; exclusively used "by
cian Francisco in the West ; leading all
others in Missouri and Wisconsin on the
North, and exclusively used in Louis
iana in the South, and St. Loais and
Cincinnati in the centre.' Thus they
are truly National in character, and
unparalleled in success.
Every Virginian feels a pride in the
success of McGuffey's readers. During
life his dir-tinguished scholarship as
sisted to render illustrious our Univer
sity where he labored, and to-day, in
every State of our National Union, the
name of the great Virginia teacher is
lisped by a million children, before
hey hear of our Washington, our Jef
erson, our heroes or our statesmen..
At the request of the 'Indians a
Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota, their agent '
has prepared a number of notices, print- i
ed on linen, offering a reward o! fifty
dollars "for evidence that will convict
any person of selling, trading or giving
to an Indian or half-breed liquor." This i
ia done at the expense of the Indians ;
ChuYiao JaurruiL ' ' -
" i . -:.i !
t ir totj feel dull, drowsyj dehi.jfated.'
"e saiiow color of biii t-r v,ii..j,!
IllllWn BTIAT. nr. . . 1 I .-
nealache or dizziness., bad iaste imnoutb
internal heat or chiila alternated. witii liot
Hashes, lowspirits and gloomy foreUxruiL's,
irregular appetite, and tongue coated, von
are sutfenng from "torpid liver," or "bil
iousness." . In many cases of '-livr Com
plaint only part of these symptoms aif
experienced. As a remedy for all radi
cases Dr. Pierce's "Goide Medical I)is.v-
Y ery
I rail
has no eoual. a. it frcta rr-fn .a
riuiical cures. At all drusr stores.
... t --
" If dog-catchers are going to shoot
boys . inster-d .of. . catching dogs,' dog
catcher catchers -will-soon have to be
appointed to keep the mortality within
reasonable limits,' is a remark by a New
York paper, whioh would indicate that
the dog-catchers ' are being bantered
about their marksmanship. Boston Post
Witew exhausted by mental labor takV
Kidney-Wort to maintain Lealtljy action
of all organs.''. -,-." - .
A New.. Hampshire' woman spent
two hours . cleaning a- postage stamp
which had done daty once, t pasted it on
a letter,' and walked two miles to mail
it, and then paid Uncle Sam $7 to call it
a mistake. JUL.-.- Y: Graphic. . t. -i
- Wr-r'a ShaTe Kldsioy staid Uvr Car..
- The Boston Journal k of, .. Chemistry
thinks glucose will be the sugar of . the
future. ; It can be. made from corn and
potatoes in climates, where sugar cane
wiil not grow nor the sugar beet bo cul-;
tivated with profit : : , i - , -
PsrvTOtT crooked ; boots and blistered
heels by wearing Lyon's Patent Heel Stif
feners. The Prairie -Farmer,' published at
Chicago, has changed it? form to sixteen
pages, each page ten by fifteen inches,
and printed on a better quality of paper,
and is illuminated by several interesting
pictures. - : ,7 .-. -':.,;
EMsMjr
I'ftin,
Trritatinsk. RatanHrm. TnwmHaaiuui
fL Send for paraphis to E.,8. Vfsixa, ieney
City, H. J. ""
. f. ' I - S. i "4
Va trTjepsia, tadirestasty fltpressioa ot
"siorits a&A fscsrai deWlity la their ariou
forms t also m a prerantatiTa against f eyr atd
scna anjl other intermitterit f erers, tha V.Xerro
Phosphorated El'xir mt Calisaya,' mad bj
CasweU, Kaxard A Co., Haw Tork, and sold by
all DnipgisU, is tha bast tonio ; and for patients
recovering from f r or tim fioksafi. it has
painful disorders to wnicn women are buo
ject. . In female complaints Dr. R. V,:
Phrce's "Faorite Prescription" is a cer
MM EXTBAORDDflRT CASta. ' ' '
AosTOf, Txxam. Xebroary SO, 1SS1.
To Mr. X If. Graham, Druggisti: '
i Hear jWr My ease waa an acute form of Bron
chitis, and waa of on and a half year1! duration.
I employed the best medical aid possible, but tailed
rapidly, until the doc ton aald X would die that m y
caae waa Incurable. Thrown upon my own resooraea
I got a bottle of DB, WM. HAUVS BALSAM
FOB THE LTXKGS, and in six houra felt a decided
relief. In three dayi the cough almost disappeared.
Now that my chances of life are good for many years,
I earnestly recommend the above to every sufferer
f throat or lung disease. C. O. LATHEOP. .
H CELEBRATED UIJ
Tb traaantldot to ths cSacts ci mianma U Eestcttei'a
Stomach Bitter. Thia me4icio Is ana of tha most popu
lar remediea of an age of aaeoeiufal proprietary apeciflei.
and Ja ia immanaa demand wherever, on thia Continent,
fever and ague exUU. A wineglass ful tare time, a day -ia
tha beat possible preparative for encountering a malar
lous alznoephera, legalatmg the stomfcca.
For sals brail Drugg1U and Dealers .
.''. generally.';
HEALTH IS WEALTH!
r. S. C" WasT'a Haars io Br TiTT;
apecifie fox Hysteria, Diutuess, Conrnlsiona, KerTona
Headache, Mental Depression, Loss of Memory, Prema
ture Old Aee. caused by overexertion,' which -leads M
misery, decay and death. One box wiil core recent eaaea.
Kacb box cootaina one month's treatment. One dollar a
box or six boxes for five dollars; sent ny mail prepaid on
receipt of price- Va guarantee aix, boxes to cure any
easM. With each order received bv oa for aix bexea, ao-
ompaaied with fire dollars, we will. Bend the par
ehaser our written guarantee to return the money if the
treatment does not effect a ear, auaraetees tssaed only
by U. J. LlHSl, tisu-lMlttK, M. SJ. uraere cf
anail promptly attended to. "
HEBE'S IM?6CYED
C'.RCCLAa
sAw Mills.
Bend for
CTiiCULARS.
With nnfTersalliog
. Beam. DooWo Eo
centric Krictivo
jreea.
. - Prices !cw. Workman- ,
-v J- sbiD First-Clasa.
i FIVE-TOM
TAGQI1 SCALES S6Q
: AS krsst aad Steal, Boakla Sraaa Tare Bsaav
id
Janes ks naya ka rnlcbi.
JC8ES OF IliitHAMTCII,
SiSgbaBtO, H. T.
McBRIDE fc CO.'S
CHINA AND GLASS PALACE;
ATXANTA, OEOIIGIA,
Own the Gate City Nfttirvttl Stone Water Filterei
ana cneriys sieani trail ana vegeiaoitf urjer.
Airenta lor Kein l uonias c.ocit wo. x-ruxa iurii-
tshed on application.
MILL and . FACTOUI SUPFLIES
OP ALL 222,153. BELTING E0SS"aa
PACEHT5. OILS, PUHPS ALL EUtES,
IEC1T PIPE, riTTIl3S,' PSASS GOODS,.
STEAH GATTGES, EHGI1IE GOVEENOES,;
&o. - Send fer. Price List. w. H. DIL-
LINGHAU & CO., H3 2Eain Street, LOUIS-
VILLE.SY. . ;
OPIUr.1 HAD1T
AND DRUNKENNESS.
Positively, Rieedllv and permRnentfy 'cured by !
DR. KEELfeVw OOLD REMEDIES, containing
no lOrru n opium, lrnin invites investigation.
Kefereucts best Intlie State. For terms, pamph
lets ana proofs, aaaress, - -
W. C. BELLAHT, SI.
. ' 7 1-3 Brosul St,, Atlaintsu da.
et v; war wastb srowrrt t "
9 1 At II m . a M
WIS ZHZTm TBicaaMVaTKEMOTUKS
ntVISOKATC tta SAIB mM..mtn iut't b. fcwtiibufrr.
Ttt Swiih StM.OTT wbW ku r
va T 1 will mnlfltlv nhnT'Cft the blood in thS
in thfM tnontba. Anv person wbo
I.
8. JOHNSON iV CUn tioelOTi,
Ala&aw
fsri
aerly auaor, w.
P1UIV3
HABIT
By S..i. m ooUev, Atiaala,
(ia. Sellable avMieaeeglvea
sod . reference o coree
vatipiits luiil pbysioiana.
ner4 for Bit book en Ttaa
Ha!. and lis Cure. Faaa,
CURE.
nlinnirr Beatworkia tie O.S.fer taaoJ.
BUGGIES iigki
AtiE.TJt WASTED TOTB. THE '
HISTORY ntV U. S.
BY ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. .
It contains nearly SOO fl-ie portraits end cneravlnss
of baules and otber blstorlcal scenee.aDd la the most
complete and valualile history ever pnbllstird. It la sold
by aubscripilon only, and Amenta are wanted In every
co-jntf . . Send fur circulars sad extra terms to Agents.
Addreaa, i
. . IiTuiil rvauswraa Caw. Atlaata. a.
TUB AULrUAM TAYLOa OOl. Manstiald. Ohm.
ASTHMA
Aatkana Car mm
KMMU TtHmr IB
ar-i eiati ease's rre vtiere ali otben fait
trmm "" utmtft sassMfM. - fnrtee. 0
siim Lrracguia or Df tbiu. Mai
fov ataaatk. Pa. ft. SOBDrrsilK. B4. !
. CttM LKMKN : 1 have useu 1M. UAKTfcK
1 A twMv.lnVMAi la mrfi(4iie. hare never
-
Iron Tosftc does. In manv cases of Nervous
ss 1 .C .VJirli
AQsiassetaanTKa-. III m
CUHKIl. I
fmit te t" ass.
umrsa mamlart. m
4 I
r. and S
rSat klon l
poverished condition of the blood, nils peerless retuedv has, m my Irjids. meorue wonqmuieosw.
(sea that have battled some of our most eminent physicians bsve yK4dra Uj l arreat and Inconrpar-
able remedy. 1 prescribe; it lu preference t any
as Db. UAKTtit'8 Ibox XoNic is
a nercssity
I.nn. to..
Ii y i OfS color tSihe b!otnt,
wttugaXliealUifttl ton tn I
tlir digestive argnn nmtl '
rtons a-fatesn, nmJcing '
it applicable to General?
' Debility, Tah of Appe-
. tite. Jtlrostrnt inn of Vital
I ter ra oavsi Impotence. I
MANUFAOTUBroBVTHEDR.HAK.TERME.'OiCINECO.. " f KIH Sf-Sr ':
; Feelings, Disgusting ; Odors,"
Weak Sio-ht. Sore Throat Coue-hs. t
Bronchitis. Asthma, and s all Dis-8'
eases
of
use
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0
Mi
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0
Tor I eiMii Seel Cotton at tie Giiu
Will more than rpay for itself in one'
Season. . Don't be IllimbUrel by the .
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wanted for the best Belllns; booit in the United
States. ; Write, and i K-- ' - , -
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: REMEDIES.
Sold ly leadlof drncEiata. For eirealars aad srasaywJ . ,
with tail BarSealara, addraaa T. O. Sax eSS. S T. OsT- .
toxMeiTWaWaie44Bv
I Iiarkand fosphorH .
1 palatable form. - XlM -
aiiltfprrpttratiomofirwn .
that tcill not Nsetottts
Kotherinm vrrixi ratiima
Ikon To.nio in my pracUce. ana ta an expenenoB m
found anvtbina' to rive the resalt that Dr. HABTEa
- ,. . . - -
l'rostration. VeraiUe Ifs.a6es.-Iyepep8la, rnd an laa- ,
irtn preparaUon nale. ra fa-U sooii a compoaoa
In my practice.-.
Nov. Stb. iwi.-'-
T 1K-
3IM MB. AVC
j Nervous: Weakness, Deafness,
Loss . of
. I t !
Voice,
Faint
7l Sense, of Taste and Smell, Neuralgia,
'5"Vt I.
Respiratory , Organs,
:.5 i :